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WARNING Before playing this game, read the Xbox 360® console and CONTENTS
accessory manuals for important safety and health information. Keep all manuals
for future reference. For replacement console and accessory manuals, go to
COMPLETE CONTROLS ...................... 01
. SETTING UP THE GAME ..................... 02
PLAYING THE GAME........................ 03
SINGLE PLAYER .......................... 04
Important Health Warning About Playing Video Games MULTIPLAYER ............................ 06
Photosensitive seizures XBOX LIVE .............................. 08
A very small percentage of people may experience a seizure when exposed to certain LIMITED 90-DAY WARRANTY ................ 09
visual images, including ﬂashing lights or patterns that may appear in video games.
Even people who have no history of seizures or epilepsy may have an undiagnosed
condition that can cause these “photosensitive epileptic seizures” while watching
video games. COMPLETE CONTROLS
These seizures may have a variety of symptoms, including lightheadedness, altered These are the default controller settings. To change your controller scheme or adjust sensitivity, select
vision, eye or face twitching, jerking or shaking of arms or legs, disorientation, OPTIONS from the main menu, then select CONTROLS.
confusion, or momentary loss of awareness. Seizures may also cause loss of SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE: Take a screenshot at any time, in any mode, by pressing and holding :
consciousness or convulsions that can lead to injury from falling down or striking and then pressing ;. Screenshots are saved to your proﬁle at http://www.battleﬁeld.com/badcompany2.
nearby objects.
Immediately stop playing and consult a doctor if you experience any of these
ON FOOT
symptoms. Parents should watch for or ask their children about the above symptoms— Zoom/Use gadget Fire/Use selected item
children and teenagers are more likely than adults to experience these seizures. The risk
Throw grenade Melee
of photosensitive epileptic seizures may be reduced by taking the following precautions:
Sit farther from the screen; use a smaller screen; play in a well-lit room; do not play
when you are drowsy or fatigued. Switch weapons

If you or any of your relatives have a history of seizures or epilepsy, consult a doctor Reload
before playing. Enter/Exit vehicle/
Move (click and Interact
hold to sprint)
Jump
ESRB Game Ratings Singleplayer: Binoculars Pause menu
The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) ratings are designed to provide Multiplayer: Score (hold)/
consumers, especially parents, with concise, impartial guidance about the age- Spot enemies/ Primary gadget Look (click to crouch/stand)
appropriateness and content of computer and video games. This information can Team comms Secondary gadget
help consumers make informed purchase decisions about which games they deem
suitable for their children and families. IN LAND VEHICLE
ESRB ratings have two equal parts: Brake Throttle
• Rating Symbols suggest age appropriateness for the game. These symbols Fire Alternate fire
appear on the front of virtually every game box available for retail sale or
rental in the United States and Canada.
• Content Descriptors indicate elements in a game that may have triggered a Reload
particular rating and/or may be of interest or concern. The descriptors appear
on the back of the box next to the rating symbol. Enter/Exit vehicle
Turn
Change position
ON FRONT ON BACK
Multiplayer: Score (hold)/
VIDEO
GAME Spot enemies Pause menu

E Toggle Rear view Pitch/Rotate turret
camera
For more information, visit www.ESRB.org

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IN HELICOPTER SETTING YOUR SOUND
Descend Ascend Customize your game’s soundscape to take full advantage of your listening environment. Select YOUR
SOUND SYSTEM from the Audio Options menu and enable the runtime Master Unit to optimize the mix for
Fire Alternate fire your audio setup.
Home Cinema Mixed with full dynamic range for loud playback
on large speakers.
Reload Hi-Fi The default setting with standard dynamic range
Enter/Exit vehicle for mid-sized speakers.
Roll TV Optimized for soft playback on small speakers
Change position with reduced dynamic range.
Multiplayer: Score (hold)/ War Tapes The most extreme setting for an intense
Spot enemies Pause menu audio experience.
Headphones Specifically tuned for listening on headphones.
Toggle Rear view Pitch/Yaw
camera TWITTER
Follow Battlefield Bad Company 2 on the official Twitter account to get new updates and the inside scoop
SETTING UP THE GAME at www.twitter.com/OfficialBFBC2.
Before getting into the action, set up a gamer profile to save all of your memorable achievements.

GAMER PROFILE
PLAYING THE GAME
Create a gamer profile to track achievements and save all game progress. A gamer profile must be
created in order to play Xbox LIVE®.
 To create a new gamer profile, press à to bring up the Xbox Guide. Highlight CREATE NEW PROFILE
and press A. Create a profile name using the virtual keyboard.
 After you create a gamer profile and save it to a storage device, you can customize your profile
and set personal settings. When you are signed in with your gamer profile, your achievements are
automatically tracked and you can save your game progress.

LINKING YOUR GAMERTAG TO AN EA ACCOUNT
You need to link your Gamertag to an EA Account to access the online features of Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Mini-map
If you have already linked your Gamertag to an EA Account, you can play online instantly. If you have not Grenades
linked your Gamertag, you’ll be prompted in the game to sign in with an existing EA Account or to create a Ammo
new EA Account. Once the account is linked to your Gamertag, you can then play online. Linking to an
EA Account is easy … all it takes is an e-mail address and a password. GAME SCREEN
SAVING AND LOADING GAMES Ammo depot
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 automatically saves your progress at certain checkpoints. Select NEW CAMPAIGN
Enemy (in orange)
to launch a new single player game, or select RESUME CAMPAIGN to pick up at your last save point.
Squadmate
(in blue)
OPTIONS
Controls Review or change your controls and controller sensitivity. Mini-map
Gameplay Enable or disable subtitles, hints, and aim assist.
Audio Change the master, music and dialogue volume level, or select your sound system COMBAT
(see next page).
Take out the enemy by pulling ^ to open fire. Pull and hold w for precision aiming; crouch (h) to steady
Video Adjust your picture’s brightness and contrast. your shot and make it tougher for enemies to hit you. Switch weapons by pressing Y. Use your knife (z)
for a stealth/melee kill.
Be sure to take cover where you can and keep moving before your cover is blown away—and you with it.
You can also try sneaking around to flank enemy positions while your squadmates have them occupied.
WWW.BATTLEFIELD.COM/BADCOMPANY2

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WEAPON SUPPLY DROPS
All the weaponry you find is collectable, but you can only carry two weapons at a time. Switch out your SARGE (Squad Leader)
current load-out by locating a Supply Drop. Once you make contact with the Drop, you can select any Sergeant Samuel D. Redford is the only soldier to actually request transfer
weapons you’ve unlocked. to Bad Company. Some paint that decision as crazy or suicidal, but Sarge
SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE: Fill out your arsenal and earn Achievements by ﬁnding all the collectable has his reasons. He used to buy into the whole military lifestyle, Mom and
weapons scattered through the levels. Some weapons are available only on speciﬁc levels. Apple Pie, all of it. Not anymore. Especially not after Sadiz.
HEALTH
A few hits in critical areas, and that’s the end of you. When you see your own blood creeping in around
the edges, take cover until your health regenerates.

GADGETS
Various items help you keep vehicles and squadmates in good repair … or help you demolish mission
targets. Press l1 to enable your primary gadget or press l5 for your secondary gadget. Pull x to
use your active gadget.
SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE: After the enemy shoots your vehicle full of holes in a Multiplayer match,
make sure you repair the damage to keep it in top shape. Equip your power tools, then pull and hold x
until it’s ﬁxed up.
SWEETWATER (Technical and
VEHICLES Communications Specialist)
If you see it, you can drive it. Press B to enter any vehicle and use it to tip the scales on the battlefield. Private Terrence Sweetwater is too smart for his own good. He enlisted for
Heavy Main Battle Tanks, Infantry Fighting Vehicles, and Anti-Aircraft vehicles the college scholarship his recruiter dangled in front of him, figuring his
Light Armored 4X4s and Quad Bikes brains would keep him in the rear with the gear. And maybe they would
Air Attack Helicopters, Transport Helicopters, and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles have, if he hadn’t “accidentally” uploaded a virus to a secure military
Water Personal Water Crafts and Patrol Boats network he wasn’t supposed to access in the first place.
Stationary Stationary, Anti-Air, and Anti-Tank weapons, as well as mounted Heavy Machine Guns

TOTAL DESTRUCTION
Nowhere is safe. Every building and most cover objects can be chipped away or completely destroyed if
enough firepower is trained on it. Anybody caught inside a collapsing building gets buried alive.

SINGLE PLAYER
Take your squad deep into hostile territory as an escalating U.S./Russia conflict threatens to turn America
into a graveyard. Grab any vehicle you see, demolish any obstacles in your way, and race to uncover a
Russian plot that could turn the tide of war in a single, devastating flash. The odds of survival aren’t good. HAGGARD (Explosives Expert)
That’s why they’re sending you. Private George Gordon Haggard, Jr. actually likes being in Bad Company.
SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE: To view your objectives, press ; to access the pause menu at any time. His better personality traits include low-impulse control, consistently poor
hygiene, and an encyclopedic knowledge of explosives. The upside is that
THE SQUAD: BRAVO TWO Haggard’s a hell of a soldier. He’s just a little … unorthodox. And loud.

PRESTON MARLOWE (You)
Raised on two generations of war stories, Private Marlowe joined Bad Company
to get some combat under his belt. Now, as Bad Company’s latest “recruit,”
Marlowe’s getting all the action he can handle. Maybe more.

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MULTIPLAYER MODES
Rush Defend or destroy pairs of M-COM stations for as long as reinforcements hold out.
Take on the world in objective-based Multiplayer matches. Up to 24 players team up to defend key items A M-COM station can also be destroyed when a building is collapsing down on it.
and positions, or simply wipe the opposition off the map. Choose the gear that favors infantry or vehicle Conquest Capture and hold flags for as long as possible against all comers. Vehicles unlock
warfare, and see how long you can survive. as control points are held. Bonus points for inflicting casualties on the opposition.
Squad Rush Rush played tight, as two squads go head-to-head over two single M-COM
stations. Blow the stations or bury all enemy reinforcements to win.
Squad Deathmatch Four squads and one Infantry Fighting Vehicle roam the map. Nail the other
Friendly squads before they nail you. First squad to fifty kills wins.
objective
(blue) Neutral objective MAPS
Enemy (white) Use the recommended battle tactics to dominate your enemies on all ten unique landscapes.
objective (red)
OPERATION NAME GAMEPLAY CHARACTERISTICS SETTING
Mini-map Hints Panama Canal Infantry Industrial
Valparaíso Infantry/Vehicle Jungle
Squadmates Vehicle health Isla Inocentes Infantry/Vehicle Archipelago
GAME SCREEN Atacama Desert Vehicle Desert
Objective status Arica Harbor Infantry/Vehicle Urban
White Pass Infantry Urban
Team’s Enemy’s remaining tickets
remaining tickets Laguna Presa Infantry Jungle
Port Valdez Vehicle Industrial

Mini-map
INITIAL VIP MAPS
OPERATION NAME GAMEPLAY CHARACTERISTICS SETTING
Laguna Alta Infantry/Vehicle Woodland
As your score increases, you unlock more gear and weapons to take into combat. Win bonus points by Nelson Bay Infantry Forest, Night
defending M-COM units, disabling charges set by the enemy, and assisting others on the battlefield.
Visit www.battlefield.com/badcompany2 to see your complete gameplay stats. KITS
SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE: Destroying M-COM units (in Multiplayer) or retrieving enemy intel from Kits are your weapon and gear load-out for the battlefield. Select the kit that best fits the trouble you’re
them (in Single Player) earn Achievements. expecting … or the trouble you want to cause. Choose wisely and erase the enemy.
Assault The tip of the spear in any offensive, Assault grunts typically carry heavy combat rifles
SQUAD PLAY and grenade launchers to quickly clear a path.
Twelve-man teams are broken down into four-player squads, and some game modes narrow things
Engineer Combat mechanics who are equally adept at repairing friendly vehicles and destroying
down to a Squad vs. Squad face-off. In all cases, the smart soldier sticks by his squad. A good squad can
enemy armor. Engineers pack SMGs for human targets.
resuscitate fallen comrades, keep vehicles in good repair and watch each other’s six, even in the worst
situations. Work together to succeed. Medic The Hippocratic Oath takes a back seat to these field medics, who carry pills and
defibrillators for friendlies and a light machine gun for all others.
When you’re killed, you can choose to respawn at your squadmates location.
Recon Masters of stealth, Recon specializes in sniping tangos, sabotaging vehicles with C4,
SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE: Your squad’s names appear to the right of your map; the color those names or calling in mortar strikes via special binoculars.
appear in corresponds to their markers on your map. Other friendly squads appear in blue, enemies in red.

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UNLOCKS
Earning points in Multiplayer matches unlocks special gear and upgraded weaponry; select them in
Multiplayer lobby. Any unlocked items are available the next time you join a match or respawn.
Equip kit gadgets by pressing l1 to enable your primary gadget or pressing l5 for your
secondary gadget. Soldier/vehicle specializations are automatically equipped when choosing them
on the spawn screen.
The End of Round Scoring page also shows your progress and helps you plan your career. You can see
your progress by accessing the Weapons and Gadgets and Specializations pages off the Multiplayer menu.
SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE: Use the mini-map to ﬁnd teammates who need a medic (yellow crosses)
or a vehicle that needs repair (wrenches). Lend a hand to earn bonus points and improve your chances
for victory.
Visit the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 website at http://www.battlefield.com/badcompany2 to extend your
game experience! View detailed player profiles for yourself or your friends, browse the leaderboards to
see how you compare to the best players in the world and share your thoughts in the forums. The site is
also your one-stop destination for the latest news, blog posts and information straight from DICE.

XBOX LIVE
Play anyone and everyone, anytime, anywhere on Xbox LIVE®. Build your profile (your gamer card).
Chat with your friends. Download content at Xbox LIVE Marketplace. Send and receive voice and video
messages. Get connected and join the revolution.
Xbox LIVE brings more of the entertainment you love right to your living room. Raise the curtain on your
own instant movie night with thousands of HD movies, TV shows, and videos downloaded in a snap from
Xbox LIVE and Netflix. Find the perfect game for any player with a free trial of hundreds of titles from the
largest library available. With downloadable Game Add-Ons like maps, songs, weapons and levels, you’ll
get more out of every game by putting more into it. And don’t forget to connect and play with friends
wherever they happen to be. With Xbox LIVE, your fun never ends.
EA ONLINE REGISTRATION REQUIRED TO ACCESS ONLINE FEATURES. YOU MUST BE 13+ TO
REGISTER. EA ONLINE TERMS & CONDITIONS AND UPDATES FOUND AT WWW.EA.COM. EA MAY
PROVIDE CERTAIN INCREMENTAL CONTENT AND/OR UPDATES FOR NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE, IF
AND WHEN AVAILABLE.
EA MAY RETIRE ONLINE FEATURES AFTER 30 DAYS NOTICE POSTED ON WWW.EA.COM.

CONNECTING
Before you can use Xbox LIVE, connect your Xbox 360 console to a high-speed Internet connection and
sign up to become an Xbox LIVE member. For more information about connecting, and to determine
whether Xbox LIVE is available in your region, go to www.xbox.com/live/countries.

FAMILY SETTINGS
These easy and flexible tools enable parents and caregivers to decide which games young game players
can access based on the content rating. Parents can restrict access to mature-rated content. Approve
who and how your family interacts with others online with the Xbox LIVE service. And set time limits on
how long they can play. For more information, go to www.xbox.com/familysettings.

YOU PLAYED THE GAME. NOW PLAY THE MUSIC.
EA SOUNDTRACKS AND RINGTONES
AVAILABLE AT WWW.EA.COM/EATRAX/

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